An hour later.

The shopkeepers of the three major bookstores of Yashi, Xuehua and Lankou left.

Sea Blue Bookstore, the lobby of the back house.

"Hahaha!"

A hearty laugh rang out.

Shopkeeper Hao's greasy fat face, his facial features were all crowded together, and he sat directly on the chair next to Ji Xiu.

Ji Xiu pursed his lips in disgust.

"Brother, my brother won you a 10% profit, can you talk about your big plan to make money?" The shopkeeper Hao didn't care about Ji Xiu's dislike, but came up more and more enthusiastically.

One percent of the profits, as thin as it sounds.

But the markets and channels of the four major bookstores, if they are fully rolled out, there will be a lot.

Now the price of a single volume of the Red Mansion has reached 8 yuan.

In just three days, nearly 10,000 copies have been sold, after all, this data is clearly displayed in his background.

A collection represents a reader!

In just three days, he received 80,000 taels of silver, which was converted into 80,000 taels of silver.

After sharing plus tax, the total amount of income is more than 60,000 taels.

Well, it is worth mentioning that the superficial tax rate of the Dayang Dynasty was 5%, but because Confucianism and Taoism prevailed, the status of scholars was extremely high, so the tax rate of the bookseller industry was only 3%, and the personal tax was even lower to 2%.

Tut! Earn more than 60,000 taels in three days, and 600,000 in a month? Of course, this is just a fantasy.

In fact, you can't make that much at all.

There are many factors to consider, market saturation, and pirated booksellers, especially piracy.

Well, thanks to the unprecedented popularity of Confucianism and Taoism in this world, all walks of life related to reading people are profiteering industries.

For example, the manufacturing industry of the four treasures of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone can be subdivided into multiple manufacturing links, and a series of industries can be derived.

Just talk about the birth of a pen!

Do you think it's easy to make a pen? In fact, there are many doorways in this.

For example, the tip of the pen. Do you use the hair of a domestic animal, or the hair of a beast, or the hair of a monster? The rest are such as hard, soft, or both; The pen is divided into long, medium and short strokes, and so on.

After that, what kind of material do you use?

Then such as the pen barrel, pen hanging, pen rope, pen holder, painting, refinement to every part, can extend an industry.

A pen brings together all walks of life.

How big should the combined profit be? Therefore, where there are favorable places, there are speculative criminals.

Compared with the Four Treasures of the Study, the profits from book piracy are even greater.

How much is a pen? Unless it is some ancient sages who have 'opened the light', and some brands recommended by Confucianism, the rest are not expensive.

But books are different.

Some Confucian classics, especially those signed by some great Confucians, or Confucian geniuses, celebrities, or even words given by Haoran righteousness, can be hyped up at sky-high prices on the market.

Don't underestimate pirated booksellers.

They also have professional Confucian geniuses behind them.

Some large pirates even have secret connections with some great Confucianists, specializing in copying and imitating the true meaning of Confucianism and Taoism that others have comprehended, and then injecting some pirated books and taking them out to make a lot of money.

For example, if there is a great Confucian inscription for the "Book of Songs", and then authorize it to a certain bookstore, the bookstore will take the original rubbing, which will also have the effect.

There are pirated booksellers who buy a genuine copy, because they are not authorized, even if they are rubbed, it will not have an effect, and at this time, another great Confucian is needed to make a move, and imitate it after understanding the true meaning of Confucianism and Taoism.

And so, the pirated book came out!

Of course, the government has not failed to crack down on these pirates, but there are many ways to crack down on them.

The Red Mansion has now become popular on a small scale, and the most important thing is that this kind of idle book has no 'watermark' on Confucianism, Taoism, and righteousness. For pirates, printing a batch of Red Mansions is basically zero cost.

As for the little money for rubbing? Also worthy of asking for money?

Ji Xiu had also thought about how to prevent theft before, but then he gave up after thinking about it.

First, making money is second to him, and the four major bookstores earn enough for him to eat and drink without worrying for a few lifetimes.

Money, it's enough to earn tens, hundreds, or tens of millions a month to maintain daily life, but if it is comparable to the treasury, it will be very painful.

Second, through the book review area of the system book city,

He found a very interesting thing, the perception of pirated readers can also appear!

Not much, only about twenty.

Of the 10,000+ collections, a handful of people are pirated.

But that's not the point, the point is that this means that pirated readers are also counted in the reading ranks.

In other words, piracy can also give him life!

It is precisely because of this that Ji Xiu will not think about how to prevent theft.

First, anti-theft should be a matter for the "platform" side, and the author writes a book on your platform, and you have the obligation to protect the author's rights and interests!

Second, it can't be prevented, the water is too deep to speak.

Red Mansion is so popular, there are more than 20 pirated copies in the background? I believe that the four major bookstores have also taken this into account and have taken action behind the scenes.

It's very simple, you only need to say hello to a few large pirates who have cooperation, negotiate the division of profits, and you can negotiate a meal.

Ji Xiu guessed that after the second volume of 'Red Mansion' was released, it was estimated that the pirated copies of the first volume would flow out in a large area.

So, don't look at the four major bookstores just now who agreed to divide the '91'.

It seems that in front of their own authors, they succumbed and realized the counterattack drama of talent overpowering capital?

In fact, everything is just a surface.

After this incident, after he completely exploded the literary world, the four major bookstores released the news and said everything today.

If you are talented, you can defeat all public opinion, and it will explode. In this way, the four major bookstores will also receive more extensive attention.

Ji Xiu was a half-circle person in his previous life, and although he was not very familiar with these, he could guess a rough idea.

After going through these dark things in his mind, Ji Xiu glanced at the shopkeeper Hao who was blinking with Doudou's eyes, and took out a mess of paper from his cuff.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Hao suddenly took it with the hands of a treasure.

“… Well, heat and monopoly schemes? Seeing a few big words on the first page, Shopkeeper Hao raised his eyebrows and turned the second page.

"Shhh Suddenly, Shopkeeper Hao gasped, and just by a glance, he was attracted by the content of this plan.

Reaching out to pick up the tea on the table, he poured a sip, and the shopkeeper Hao looked at it intently, nodding for a while, and smacking his tongue for a while.

A quarter of an hour later, he read the manuscript of the book, entitled 'The Heat and Monopoly Plan'.

"—Stompe!" Dusted off the manuscript in his hand.

Shopkeeper Hao raised his head and looked at Ji Xiu with a serious face.

"What's wrong?" Ji Xiu asked.

"Brother, what a genius you are!" Well, it can be seen that he is serious.

I'm not a genius, I'm just an unpretentious porter... Thinking about it, Ji Xiu said:

"Is a month enough?"

Shopkeeper Hao clapped his hands and said, "Enough, enough!" ”

“… Well, a month of preparation, at the end of October, I want the Condor to be officially released......"

"Remember, those famous storytellers must be paid a lot of money to sign contracts with them, but they can't be signed under the names of the four major bookstores."

"Must be signed in our name!"

Ji Xiu's hand knocked on the table while telling some details, and the bookseller Hao nodded vigorously.

It's getting late.

Ji Xiu stayed for a light meal at the kind invitation of the shopkeeper Hao, and then got into the car arranged by the shopkeeper Hao.

“……”